China Mobile, the main mobile service provider in China and the largest in the world by users, could soon offer its customers Apple’s iPhone.

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng says he could be 15 days from having his own passport.

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At least six policemen and a civilian have been killed and 13 wounded in a suicide attack on a governor’s compound in western Afghanistan, police say.

Some staff of India’s national airline Air India have been found stealing alcohol and caviar from the flights, aviation minister tells the parliament.

Unidentified North Koreans holding 29 Chinese fishermen and three boats seized in the Yellow Sea demand payment for their release, reports say.

Two Pakistan Air Force light aircraft collide on a training mission north-west of Islamabad, killing two trainee pilots and two instructors.

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he and his family have completed passport applications and officials say they should be ready in 15 days.

A Malaysian high court sentences to death five men, including three Mexican brothers, for drug trafficking, reports say.

Japan’s economy grows by 1.0% between January and March